Creating a strategic plan for your petrol station is half the battle. The last thing you want is for that plan to collect dust as you go through the day-to-day operations of running your petrol station.
If you don’t implement your strategic plan, all the work you put into creating it will go to waste.
Here are some tips to help you implement your strategic plan:
Dedicate the resources
To get your strategic plan off the ground, you must allocate enough human and financial resources towards implementation. You can make this happen by creating an action plan with a timeline, budget, employees who will carry out each action, and KPIs to monitor progress.
Ensure your employees know that this strategic plan should integrate with their everyday work, not as a standalone project.
Create an implementation team
Within your strategic plan, you should have a list of employees responsible for each initiative, along with a list of people who are generally involved. You can appoint champions – people to act as a point of contact for others or spearhead change within their departments.
Utilise meetings
Meetings allow you to monitor the progress of the strategic plan and make sure it’s being implemented successfully. In these meetings, you can recognise employee achievements and correct anything that needs to be redirected. Holding such meetings regularly helps keep progress on track.
Keep an eye on your KPIs
For every initiative listed in your strategic plan, you should include key performance indicators (KPIs). KPIs can be measured for individual employees, departments, and your entire petrol station. Reviewing KPIs is important (you can do this with a KPI dashboard) between meetings and during them. Knowing and understanding these metrics is critical for creating action and the behaviour you want within your business – all to create optimal results.
Be flexible
Your strategic plan should be adaptable and ready to accept change – just like you are. You should be able to adjust details within the plan as external conditions transform. The plan should be interactive, not fixed, and it requires constant shifting to get the results you want.
Your Strategic Plan
Creating a strategic plan for your petrol station is the key to keeping up with your competitors in the market. For more advice on how to create a strategic plan and how to implement it contact us.